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October 3 2004, 1:00am, The Sunday Times

FOUR Australian men have committed suicide after they were interviewed by police in a child internet pornography case that has led to the arrest of 200 suspects. Christopher Ellison, the justice minister, said 700 people were being investigated. Those under arrest include police officers, teachers and clergy. They face offences including sexual abuse, distributing pornographic images and child sex tourism. One of the men who killed himself was a former policeman from Queensland who faced 46 charges.

Baby boy for Eton mercenary

SIMON MANN, the Eton-educated mercenary serving a seven-year jail sentence in Zimbabwe, has been cheered by the news that his wife has given birth to a boy. Lawyers broke the news to Mann, convicted of buying weapons for an alleged coup in Equatorial…

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